Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-14
would be about as follows from any OF
fLe leading tailors:

Two frock suits. ....................... .t2p
One evening suit. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~
Two business suits. ........................ ~
Three cuiaway suits. '........-.......-...... y"
This would call for less than $500 Of
the $1,000 q year, leaving the over
coats. Yachting .Hannels, and under
we.r TO come out Of the triAing bal
ance. Even unGer these conditions a
man would have from fifteen to twenty
suits in his wardrobe. for they would
accumulate rapidly with one coming in
every six weeks. In sober fact, o tailor
Who succeeds in yanking what the gem
blers call go merry little five 'underd
out of customer regards him with re-
yerence. respect, and affection. There
is n limit to such Interior and interior
trsppings as overgaiters, scars, and
linen. A thousand dollars year will
dress the Prince Of Wales or the most
IMPRESSIVE of Union or Knickerbocker
Club men.
If he buys his toggery in London
belf the sum will bring the same re-
suits. though thoroughly believe that
there are better tailors in New York
than across the water. Two men who
sat on the rail Of yacht the other day
were comparing the prices Of their
Yachting flannels. The younger OF
them. who had Just returned from
six-years' term at Oxford, said to the
other:
"What did you pay for that white
suit ?"
at was made to ORDER" said the
other, surveying his hannels compla-
Gently.
"ihe coat and trousers were made
by my tailor for Si5, and the shirts
were ST. to order"
"Well, this outfit" said the Oxford
man, stretching out his athletic legs
and exhibiting fanDels of far better
texture and fit than those of the other
man, "cost, including shirt, trousers,
and coat, made by a crack London
tailor. Just gil in our money"
That's the reason itpays to go abroad
to buy your clothes.
THINGS ARE SELDOM WHAT THEY SEEM.
External appearances don't count for
much in and about New York. | was
IMPRESSED with the truth of it on Sun
day while a number of us were lounging
ON the wharf of the Larchmont Yacht
| Club waiting for the wind to come out
from its lair in the west. 1t was On
ideal spot. No club in the world has
cozier quarters. The blue waters OF
the sound were stretched out before us,
dotted by innumerable and beautiful
yachts, the pretty club grounds
stretched along the shore, and the air
WAS delicious, despite the lack OF wind.
The service of the club appeals to
the heart of any man who be-
lieves in creature comfort, for the
thirsty clubman may get a drink
at any time by applying to the tele-
phone that run, from all parts of the
grounds direct to the ca6. AS we sat
there smoking and chatting on the
wharf q crack yacht loomed maieSti.
cally up around the point and drifted
ike lazy beauty to the wharf. She
is the property of successful broker,
and has won many crack race, but
the broker was not aboard. Some OF
his friends were, however, and they
came ashore and stared hard ct
us. We felt uncouth and i'll at
case. The arrivals consisted OF one
large and impressive Hebrew, one
djninuiive ditto, dude in blazer,
and a girl with wart on the port side
Of her nose just atof the sheer. Bar
ling the wart the girl was rather
,mooth. l nm not treating her will
profound respect because she is far be
yond the plane of the respectable
She wore stunning gown of soft, rec
wool, canvas yachting shoes, iaunty
red Tam O'Shanter on her yellow
culls, and a marine glass was slunt
over her shoulder. She raised quiz
zine-elsss and looked MS all Owe
with measureless disdain as sh'
stepped ashore, though she knew
that every man there knew sh'
WIS OF the commonest of the common
run in New. York. The dude in the
blazer screwed single glass in his ey'
and wandered along by her side. HI
looked as though his very hear
ached at the idea of mixing wit
the common herd of mankind. Ih
other two were gorgeous IN yacht
ing fannels with ceps, gold-lace, AM
rubber-soled boots. They swaggere'
by and man on my left, who owns
$4,000 steam-yacht, pulled his bat
tered old straw hat further down owe
his eyee and said softly:
"jimminie crack. but that knock
me cold"
Everybody knows who the wema
is" | said, "and l recognize the bo
rs a clerk in a shop on Broadway
where they sell Egyptian tobacco.
but do you know who the othe
two gorgeous creatures are ?" aske
the yachtsman with some emphasis.
"No never saw them before. VIII
are they
Statesmen in my place down il
Beaver street. Neither of them make
more tlan 81 800 year, according t
the books. and yet they re rich as Cal
iornia millionaires apparently.
Ee kept on wondering how it coul
he done. and many man has followe
his example. No one can explain fro,
what source nine tenths OF the Poop
of New York who look like bullio
KINGS draw their incomes, and the moi
one learns about the real standing {
many of the bowling FOUNDERS who len
pictnresqueness to the town the mol
complete is the surprise. When a
,ntry clerk in shipping house who'
salary cannot be more than Sl5 wee
pulled cut o wad of bills in my pre-
ence some time ago and paid bet to
book maker Of $500, caught my breai
,or an instant but the book-mak'
, didn't tuIn hair.
! ~ never make inquiries. he drawle
slowly, as the youth moved away, Il
fear Of wounding the sensibilities OF m
: patrons and destroying my own fat
! in humanity and honesty. Besides
would cost me about twenty thousan
, year."